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The Workshop Finder is an online directory of workshops and tour opportunities around the world including art workshops, retreats & tours, photography workshops & tours, writing workshops, retreats & writers conferences, music workshops, camps, festivals, lessons & tutorials, dance / theatre / acting workshops, etc.
The Workshop Finder is updated each week with newly posted event listings.
The Workshop Finder is updated each week with newly posted event listings.
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Featured Events
Art
Live Zoom Watercolor Workshops & En Plein Air with Theresa Goesling
Step-by-Step paint along online. Free to ask questions and receive critiques during the workshops. With your registration you are provided: supply list (FREE) Daniel Smith Dot card, lesson PDF with drawing, reference photos and a session video to download & replay. Can't attend live? You can still register, receive the materials and recording to paint on your own. Ongoing Online/Zoom En plein air locations: Spain, Pasadena, SW France, Palm Desert |
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Live Zoom Watercolor Workshops and Classes with Judy Mudd
Paint-along, ask questions and review during workshops. Reference materials, including drawing guides, reference photos, and palette colors are provided prior to class. Ongoing |
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The Portrait: Form, Light and Gesture
hosted by Five Points Arts Two Day Painting or Pastel Workshop with Dean Fisher. Day one will be a five-hour portrait demonstration from a live model. Dean will explain his entire thought process during the demo. Day two will be a five-hour session where participants paint a portrait from the model and Dean will instruct them throughout the day. Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 7, 2023 10AM - 4PM Five Points Art Center 855 University Drive Torrington, CT 06790 |
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Live, Online Watercolor Workshops
with Cindy Welch Interactive, live classes with demos recorded to view again and again. Reference photo, drawing, and supply list provided before class. 6 week sessions on a variety of subjects including landscapes, floral, still life, and animals. Learn about color mixing, values, composition, and more. Fun, stress free instruction concluding with a personal critique. Ongoing |
Photography
Mongolia - The Great Eagle Hunters and more!
hosted by McKay Photography Academy Mongolia is amazing! Add the fact that we have built a relationship with these amazing Eagle Hunters, and we work with them with our photography tours in a way that is exclusive for our group! Check out web site for videos of our last tours to this incredible land with incredible people! July 17-26, 2023 Mongolia |
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Abstracting the Landscape: A Vermont Encaustic Retreat
Using Vermont’s ever-changing light and stunningly diverse landscape as muse, this retreat experience is designed for artists interested in transitioning to an abstract encaustic painting style or advancing their abstract practice, while also developing a unique creative voice. June 19-23, 2023 Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, Vermont |
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The Vermont Landscape as Muse: Encaustic on Paper & the Written Word
In response to the recent pandemic, some artists had to adapt to smaller spaces, modify their painting media or change their work content entirely. As a result of these changes, many artists turned to the simplicity of working on paper. This workshop explores the immediacy and process-diverse technique of encaustic mono-printing in combination with the written word. July 24-28, 2023 Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, Vermont |
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Flowers, Botanicals, Natural Processes & Materials: A Vermont Encaustic Retreat
If you have always wanted to combine flowers, botanicals and other natural mixed media into your encaustic paintings, then this is the retreat for you! Utilizing the gorgeously cultivated flower and vegetable garden, wildflower meadow and lush forest at Lareau Farm to study and forage, we will explore the myriad ways to use natural materials and processes in combination with encaustic. Working on both paper and fabric, we will experiment with pressed botanicals, various eco-printing techniques, photo transfer and in depth encaustic collage processes. Bridging the gap between art and craft, content and creation, participants are encouraged to develop a personal vocabulary by applying these new techniques to their current ideas and methodologies. Optional individual critiques with both Beth and Lorraine are offered to all participants. August 14-18, 2023 Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, Vermont |
Writing
The YMCA's Downtown Writers Center
The YMCA's Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse, NY, offers a wide variety of online literary arts programming, including workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and more, along with a stellar series of online readings by visiting poets and writers. Join us from the comfort of your home! Ongoing throughout year Syracuse, NY and Online |
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How to Paint Geologic Abstracts / Mixed Media
with Carol Nelson hosted by Mainstreet Art Center This is Carol's most requested workshop. Carol will show you how to create an exciting composition. You will be working with 140 lb. watercolor paper and mounting to wood cradle boards. Carol has unique methods to create the many textures that are naturally present in the landscape; using molding paste, texture compounds, and acrylic medium to design your pieces. Check out her work on our website. Unique miniature gem abstracts. April 28, 29 & 30, 2023 Fri. Sat & Sun. 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Mainstreet Art Center 20 E. Main St., Lake Zurich, IL 60047 847-550-0016 |
Music
Maplewood Chamber Music Workshop
Meet once a month to work on a musical masterpiece with other amateur musicians. Join a community of people who have been touched by the greatness of chamber music. Participants can come with a preformed group or will be grouped to play with musician's of a similar level. Groups of all levels are represented. They work towards a performance at the 4th meeting and are coached by professional musicians to achieve success. Come give it a try! Fall '22 session: Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 19, Dec. 10 Spring '23 dates TBA Ethical Culture Society of Essex County in Maplewood NJ |
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Tuscany Adult Amateur Cello Workshop
For more than 25 years cellist Peter Lewy has run workshops dedicated to helping amateur adult cello players improve their skills. This year he will again be offering his highly acclaimed workshop in beautiful Tuscany Italy. Absolute beginners with no previous instruction to professionals and everything in between, all are welcome. We all learn from each other! July 17-31, 2023 Cortona, Italy |
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Plein Air Painting & Sketching in ATHENS & CRETE, GREECE
Join Alan Flattmann for twelve days of plein air painting, sketching, and touring in Athens and the beautiful island of Crete. Along the way, enjoy delicious Greek cuisine, delightful wines, and the camaraderie of fellow artists. The itinerary in Athens includes a private tour of Acropolis and the museum of Acropolis, a day trip on a highspeed boat to the island of Hydra, and a day of sketching in the historic Plaka. In Crete, the itinerary will include painting the old harbors, a day trip to the mountain village of Anogia, a day trip by boat to the remote village of Agia Roumeli, and painting in the Monastery of Agia Triada. May 1-12, 2023 Athens & Crete, Greece |
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Painting Workshop with Keith Wicks Troo France
Small Limited enrollment 7 nights Troo France stay in the Beautiful Le Chateau De La Voute . farm to table traditional dinners. 5 days of plein air painting in the lovely countryside with views of the River Loir from the Charming Chateau. a Troglodyte village hidden away. excursions best local markets, wineries & Landmarks. Early bird 200 euro discount before Jan 27th. 20% discount non-painting participants. May 27 - June 3, 2023 Le Chateau De La Voute, Troo France |
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Drawing Workshop - Pet Portraits
with JD Hillberry In this class, you will follow along with me as I demonstrate the tools drawing techniques needed to render several different types of fur. The final project will be this dog. All supplies are included. Reference photos will be discussed in depth, and you will learn to identify and solve potential problems. Because of all the individual attention given, this is appropriate for both beginners and advanced drawing students. May 19-21, 2023 Cambria Hotel Mount Pleasant/Charleston, SC |
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Live, Online, Oil Painting Instruction
with Jason Lee Tako • Create beautiful oil paintings step by step, all from the comfort of your own home. • Personalized guidance and intense instruction. • Get high-resolution reference photos and a photo of Jason's final painting for your personal study! • Get all your art-related questions answered at the live monthly Q/A Session. • Monthly Critiques: Feedback to help improve your other paintings. • 24/7 access to recordings of all previous sessions and demos to view at your leisure. Ongoing Zoom |
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Plein Air Workshop - Beartooth Mountains
with Ned Mueller - SOLD OUT (Wait List) Join us for our fourth Annual Beartooth Mountains Plein Air Workshop June 19th-23rd. Learn from AIS-OPA Master Ned Mueller in the most beautiful and inspirational scenery in the country. Snow capped mountains, beautiful meadows, sparkling streams with reasonably priced cabins. Contact Scottsdale Artists' School for more details or to book your place. A few Spaces Left. June 19-23, 2023 Cooke City, Montana-Beartooth Mountains area |
Photography
Morocco Photo Tour 2023
hosted by Photo Tours and Expeditions Morocco Photo Tour. A truly fantastic opportunity to photograph and document intricate Medinas, labyrinthine souks, hidden treasures, and the diverse culture of the Royal Kingdom of Morocco and its people. April 22 - May 5, 2023 Morocco |
Photography
Yosemite Photo Workshops
with Phil Hawkins Learn landscape photography from a 37 year veteran of the park, leading workshops in Yosemite for 14 years. Workshops in Fall, Winter and Spring. Throughout the year Yosemite National Park |
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Paint in Amalfi Italy
with Sam D'Ambruoso We are in our 18th year in hosting a plein air painting workshop in Amalfi. The trip includes 7 nights, 8 days in a four-star hotel on the Amalfi waterfront, all rooms with sea-view, all rooms with private bath, hotel has an elevator, all land and ferry boat travel in Italy, to and from transfers from Naples Airport, most meals, paint in Amalfi, Positano, Ravello, and Capri. Beginners to advanced painters welcome as well as all media. June 22-29, 2023 Amalfi, Italy |
Photography
Photography Workshop Venice 2023
with Master Photographer Yervant 2 days live shoot around Venice with professional models in designer editorial gowns. 2 days in class practical and theory tutorial. Intro to 4K video/cinematography Small group hands-on masterclass with one of the most accomplished photographers of the world Yervant. Monday 2nd to Thursday 5th October 2023 4 days Classroom at Palazzo Ca Zennibio Location sessions in and around San Marco and picturesque areas of Venice |
Photography
Antarctica Photo Tour 2023
hosted by Photo Tours and Expeditions Antarctica is one of the most remote yet fascinating places to visit in the world. Join us on an adventure like never before in this incredible photo tour to Antarctica aboard the Greg Mortimer. December 4-15, 2023 Antarctica |
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Landscape Painting with Terry Miura
hosted by Blair Center for the Arts Seven Strategies to Level Up Your Landscape Painting. You love to paint landscapes but you find it very difficult and more often than not you are not happy with the result, but you can’t figure out why. May be you feel stuck on your artistic journey. May be you feel like you’re doing everything you’re supposed to, but the painting always look…ordinary? What makes a really great landscape painting, and how do we get there? In this four-day workshop, we will explore strategies to up your game and create more effective, impactful and compelling landscape paintings. The concepts presented are practical, logical, and tried and true. Let’s get you to the next level, whether you’re painting en plein air, or in the studio. The workshop will include demos in both oils and gouache, discussions, and plenty of painting time and instruction at each student’s easel. April 20-23, 2023 Blair Center for the Arts - West Ashley 10 Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 |
Photography
Kenyan Photo Safari with Kelly Fajack
Please join us on this ten day journey with eight full days in the parks, “on safari.” After a night in Nairobi, we'll travel to Samburu National Reserve and then fly to the world famous Maasai Mara National Reserve. You will see and photograph Cape buffalo, Somali Ostrich, Reticulated Giraffe, Gerenuk Oryx, Thomson’s gazelle, topi, baboon, zebra and elephants in abundance. Every part of your trip has been planned in detail so you can relax and enjoy your African experience. Only $5999 per person double occupancy. Airfare, insurance, alcohol not included. May 18-30, 2023 Kenya, Samburu and Maasai Mara National Parks |
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Watercolor Workshop in Paros Island, Greece
Join George Politis AWS in the dream island of PAROS, Greece for a journey of exploration and creativity. Working in small and large format, we'll be painting in watercolor and other watermedia practicing various techniques and most important... learning to see and find a subject (often far from the obvious). This workshop aims to boost the creativity by new inspirational ideas, winning techniques for an once-in-a-lifetime experience. We will paint in Studio (hotel) and also in various places in this majestic island! Also... great food (local gastronomy) and wine to make this artistic journey even more enjoyable... July 5-12, 2023 Paros Island, Greece |
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Watercolor Workshop in Santorini, Greece
Join George Politis AWS in the dream island of SANTORINI, Greece for a journey of exploration and creativity. Working in small and large format, we'll be painting in watercolour and other watermedia practicing several techniques and most important... learning to see and find a subject (often far from the obvious). This workshop aims to boost the creativity by new inspirational ideas, winning techniques for an once-in-a-lifetime experience. We will paint in Studio (hotel) and also in various places in this majestic island! August 19-26, 2023 Santorini, Greece |
Photography
Nature Photography 101 ~ Workshop
Jeff Parker’s one-day Nature Photography 101 Workshop 2023 is perfect for both intermediate and beginning photographers and anyone else wanting to strengthen their digital photography foundation. Tired of the good images getting away? Still puzzling out aspects of your DSLR or mirrorless camera or terms like hyperfocal distance, white balance, RAW, crop sensor, etc. Join Jeff and Mary O at their New Mexico nature preserve, Rancho Colibri for this Nature Photography 101 Workshop in April 2023! LIMITED TO EIGHT (8) ~ Includes transport from Silver City to the ranch + a delicious lunch (on-site) April 8, 2023 Silver City, NM |
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Portugal 2023 with Artist Sharon Rusch Shaver
This exciting destination for creative people is located in a historic fishing village on the Atlantic Coastline of Portugal. Your accommodations include an ensuite bedroom with a balcony overlooking the sea in a 4-star hotel with an infinity pool and spa facilities. Upon arrival, you will be greeted at the airport in Lisbon, Portugal, and taken to your hotel for the next 6 nights. All transfers to painting sites, and activities included, as well as a delicious daily breakfast and Chef prepared gourmet evening meal daily from fresh local ingredients. Join us on this exciting adventure to Portugal! May 29 - June 4, 2023 Portugal |
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Still Life In Oils: Capturing The Light
with Manon Sander Join Manon Sander for an all-inclusive, fully immersive artists' retreat and workshop on beautiful Lake Martin, a pristine and art-inspiring venue in rural Alabama. Suites overlooking the lake are available, all meals included. Enjoy lounging lakeside after class, kayaking, having fun together, sunset cruises on the pontoon boat and a gourmet dinner on the lake. Discover Manon's secrets about how to paint vibrant, light-filled still lifes. She will break down her process step-by-step, with emphasis on color mixing, effective use of color, and on replacing a trial-and-error approach with intentional choices. For more details and registration please visit https://www.manonsander.com/events. May 23-25, 2023 Talapoosa School of Art Dadeville, Alabama |
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Let's Paint Sonoma En Plein Air
with Manon Sander Let's paint the beautiful Sonoma wine country together! Learn how to capture the landscape en plein air while infusing a painting with luminous light. Manon will share her favorite strategies so you can confidently and quickly extract the essence of a scene by reducing it to simple shapes, correct values, mixing of accurate color, and impressionistic paint application. Each day we will paint outside, on location. There will be demos and Manon's popular color lecture as well as plenty of painting time for you at your own easel while getting plenty of feedback from the instructor and little tips about how to make your painting even better. June 19-21, 2023 Sonoma, California |
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Art Journaling Workshop Oaxaca to Puebla: watercolor, mixed media, collage, ephemera hunt
with Pedro Cruz Pacheco & Corrie McCluskey Are you hooked on art journals and want to play with paint and collage while traveling? Love to incorporate found objects into your art? Want to go on a vintage ephemera hunt? First, a week-long deep dive into the art and culture of Oaxaca - field trips include Sunday market, ancient ruins, and studio visits to artisan pueblos for handmade rugs, alebrijes (carved wooden figures), red clay pottery. In Puebla, a search for vintage ephemera, then collaging our found treasures. September 22 – October 2, 2023 Oaxaca & Puebla, Mexico |
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Día de Muertos Workshop: watercolor, group altar, sand tapestry
with Pedro Cruz Pacheco Experience the color and pageantry of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Oaxaca. We’ll spend our days painting imagery and symbolic representations of our loved ones to honor their memories, shop for altar decorations and offerings in a local mercado, assemble a beautiful group altar, construct and decorate a tapete de arena (sand tapestry). We’ll visit 2 cemeteries, catch a comparsa – the traditional Muertos parade, and visit artisan pueblos for alebrijes (carved wooden figures), red clay pottery. October 27 – November 5, 2023 Oaxaca, Mexico |
Music
Midsummer Musical Retreat 2023
Midsummer Musical Retreat: a music camp for grown-ups. MMR provides a non-competitive but challenging curriculum for adult singers and instrumentalists. The week-long festival workshop includes orchestra, band, string orchestra, chorus, jazz big band, performance opportunities, and chamber ensembles and electives in an hospitable, retreat-style atmosphere. The strength of MMR lies at the exciting intersection of a committed, supportive, professional faculty, thrilling repertoire, and enthusiastic campers. July 31 to August 6, 2023 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA |
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Informed by Anatomy: Expressing Gesture in Line and Watercolor
with Mike Torma Join members of the Hoover Watercolor Society in studying the figure from life and photographs, led by Mike Torma, MD, HWS-M. This two day, iterative process will draw on both his medical and artistic understanding of the human form. $135 Members, $175 Non-members Registration: stskrivanos@gmail.com by 1 April, 2023 April 21-22, 9AM-4PM Bailey Gallery 214 Texas Street Shreveport, LA |
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Expressive Portrait Drawing
with Ned Mueller OPA and AIS Master We will concentrate on learning how to draw and construct a fine expressive portrait. You will learn the simple basic proportions of the head and to develop and sharpen your eye to see the placement of the major features. We will work in Bistre Conte and/or 2B compressed charcoal as it is very flexible and useful in learning this process. You will learn some fairly easy steps in getting the proportions and structure of the head using photos of strong character models that show off the structure and planal changes of the head along with a strong light and shadow pattern to work from. We will work on how to break the head down into simple value patterns and with the use of lost and found edges make a compelling portrait. You will learn how to see and interpret the forms and values to get a strong likeness. April 1-29, 2023 Saturdays from 1pm to 4pm EST Online from Ned Mueller Studio |
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Figure and Portrait Weekend Retreat
with Paul Schulenburg In this three-night residential workshop and retreat Paul Schulenburg will share his approach to capturing the personality, likeness, and figurative gesture of the model. Each day will start with a talk and demonstration. Methods of working quickly while maintaining accuracy will be discussed, as well as the potential benefits of distortion or exaggeration for the sake of free expression. Pastels, watercolors and acrylics will also be welcome if the student feels more comfortable with any of those mediums. June 1-4, 2023 Willow Retreat Vermont |
Photography
Alaska Bear / Whale and Glacier Photo Tour
Join professional Alaska photographer Ron Niebrugge on an all-inclusive, 9 day / 8 night photo tour on a private yacht in Alaska's Inside Passage. We will visit 3 bear viewing areas including the famous Pack Creek Bear Observatory. In addition, we will visit some of the most active whale waters in the world where we anticipate seeing breeching and bubble-net feeding humpback whales. Plus, stunning scenery, tide-water glaciers and so much more! July 12-20, 2023 Southeast Alaska |
Photography
Costa Rica Photo Tour
Join professional photographer Ron Niebrugge on this 9 day, 8 night all inclusive photo tour on Osa Peninsula. We will be staying at a beautiful air conditions resort where we will spend out days photographing monkey's, sloths, colorful birds and even reptiles. We will be accompanied by amazing local guides as we travel to the far reaches of the Osa Peninsula, a place National Geographic called the most biologically rich place on our planet! December 6-14, 2023 Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica |
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Plein Air Painting with Jennifer McChristian, Perigord France
Join me and discover new and exciting places in the South of France in the magical hidden land of Perigord! Peppered with castles, medieval villages, rivers winding through fairy-tale forests and ancient caves this is a painting workshop like no other! Not to be missed, this unique excursion is based out of a converted farmhouse in the rolling countryside, complete with large art studio conference room and a swimming pool for unwinding after a day spent painting under the hot summer sun. Let me guide you on your journey of unlocking your artistic potential through plein air painting while the wonderful and friendly staff at the Perigord Retreats guide us both on a journey through the mists of time in this historic and beatific land. Book early as space is limited to ten students. All levels welcome! The workshop will include set exercises to strengthen the necessary fundamentals of plein air painting. I will offer a brief demonstration each day and advice on a one-on-one basis in the field. Additionally, there will be class discussions and critique of work so that participants will learn from individual instruction as well as each other. May 25 - June 3, 2023 Perigord Retreats, France |
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Online Design Workshop
with Ned Mueller, OPA-AIS Master This workshop will focus on the important process of doing value and color studies and applying the principles and elements of design to improve the quality of our work. I really believe most paintings are ruined at the start, not at the end, and this process enables us to get better results as we have ironed out ahead of time a lot of the problems that arise in most paintings, because we've applied those principles and elements of design. We will be doing smaller value studies to get some of our ideas down in about 4 or 5 values. These smaller studies are around 6"x8" or 8"x10" to see how shapes, values and edges are working out. Color studies are about the same size and for the same purpose to get things down to see how everything is relating so that we can fine tune the color relationships. April 3-24, 2023 Mondays, 6 to 9 PM EST Online - Penn Studio School of Art |
Writing
Seven Days In Paris - A Memoir Writing Intensive
hosted by Todos Santos Writers Workshop Join us in Paris this Spring, May 6 - 13, for a memoir writing intensive, with Jeanne McCulloch ("All Happy Families") and Karen Karbo (Kick Ass Women"), featuring individual attention, literary discussion, exchange of ideas, and comràderie, all designed to push your work forward with optimal feedback in an optimal setting. Open to writers at all levels working in narrative nonfiction. 10% discount for registration before April 1. May 6-13, 2023 Rue de Saintonge, 75003 Paris France |
Music
CMC Summer Workshop 2023
hosted by The Chamber Music Center of New York The Summer 2023 workshop for The Chamber Music Center of New York is an opportunity for young musicians to study and perform the great chamber works and orchestral works while making lifelong friends and enjoying the outdoors. Each day students recieve 2 coachings, orchestra, workshops, supervised practice and there is time for playing in the soccer fields and swimming in the pool. Monday, July 17 - Friday, August 4, 2023 Weekends are off, except Sunday, July 30 when we will travel upstate for our concert tour in the Finger Lakes. The Masters School 49 Clinton Ave. Dobbs Ferry, NY Bus service is available from Manhattan to Dobbs Ferry. |
Writing
Gateless Destination Writing Retreat in Tuscany, Italy
Within the farthest regions of the somatic self, lives a storyteller of the most incredible stripe. At Gateless Retreats, we reclaim it with writing salons, feedback to draw out your genius, massage + Reiki, meditation, a private chef and a location that will blow your mind. These intimate, high-touch retreats have resulted in signing with top agents, becoming the focus of major media attention and connection with established, award-winning writers who take you under their wing. May 10-15, 2023 A 13-room Villa in the town of Cortona in Tuscany, Italy. You can fly into Florence or Rome. |
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Thermochromic Paint and Embedded NFC's
with Erin McGee Ferrell Interactive Art Workshop. Embed Audio and Video into your art using NFC's as well as explore Thermochromic Pigments into your paint. Create work which engages viewers. Contemporary Art now must be active. International Artist, Erin McGee Ferrell introduces simple ways to bring your paintings to a new level. Contact ErinMcGeeFerrell@gmail.com July 15 - 16, 2023 Portland, Maine |
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Elements of Landscape Workshop
hosted by Etruscan Places The inspiration for this course is 18th century French painter P. H. Valenciennes. In his famous treatise on open air painting published in 1800 Valenciennes advocated the study of the individual “elements” of landscape. “Elements” is organized around slide shows focusing on one element of landscape: fields, trees, skies, water, etc. followed by painting sessions dedicated to the subject element. Instructors will work with participants individually. Daily reviews. Fees include most materials, surfaces, easels & equipment, meals, accommodation, field trips. June 18-25, 2023 Buonconvento, Tuscany ITALY |
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Open Air Fundamentals Workshop
hosted by Etruscan Places The challenges of open air painting require a specific technical approach. In this core program we introduce our method combining lectures, exercises & demonstrations that aim to teach participants to compose, develop and complete a painting in one session. Two instructors will work directly with participants. Sessions supported by a Siena museum visit, slide shows analyzing masterworks in the history of landscape painting and painting technique. Fees include materials, surfaces, equipment, meals, accommodation, field trips, local transport. October 7-14, 2023 Buonconvento, Tuscany ITALY |